More detail on this person: Lawton Constitution
1 Dec 2002
C.V. Mills
MEDICINE PARK - Funeral for retired Chief Warrant
Officer C.V. Mills, 72, Medicine Park, will be at
1 p.m. Tuesday at New Post Chapel, Fort Sill, with
Chaplains Rabe and Fowler officiating.
Mr. Mills died Friday, Nov. 29, 2002, at a local
hospital.
Burial with military honors will be at Niles
Cemetery near Hinton under direction of Hodge
Funeral Home, Fletcher.
He was born June 27, 1930, in Hinton. He married
Betty Zwirtz on Dec. 26, 1952, in Oklahoma City.
He served in the U.S. Army, was a veteran of the
Korean War and served two tours of duty in
Vietnam. He retired from service in 1979. He was a
master-rated Army aviator, a recipient of the
Distinguished Flying Cross, the recipient of 16
Army Air Medals, two Purple Hearts and received
the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry.
Survivors include his wife, Betty, of the home;
three daughters: Barbara Barnes and her husband
Benny, Dothan, Ala.; Nancy Ellis and her husband
Ronnie; and Brenda Mills, all of Lawton; a son,
Shafen Mills, Lawton; three granddaughters:
Shanele Lepien, Julina Mills and Victoria Mills,
all of Lawton; four grandsons: Garrett Barnes,
Longview, Texas; Wesley Mills Barnes, Dothan;
Brandon Mills and Skyler Stevens, both of Lawton;
five brothers: Fred Mills, Cordell; Gene Mills,
Fort Cobb; Jim Mills, Perkins;
Ronnie Mills, Hinton; and Bob Mills, Bella Vista,
Ark.; four sisters: Wanda Leuch, Anadarko; Wilma
Smith, Hinton; Connie F. Granger, Anadarko; and
Kathy Stuart, Marlow.
He was preceded in death by his parents, G.E. and
Alma Meece Mills; two brothers: Dean Mills and an
infant, Virgil Mills; and a sister, Dorothy
Ross.CV Mills age 74 died at the Lawton Hospital,
Lawton, OK from cancer.
CV was a civilian instructor pilot with Southern
Airways, Ft Wolters. Returned to active duty as a
CW2 at Ft Carson. Second tour, deployed with B
Co. 172nd as unit (CH47) in April 68. Was infused
into the Muleskinners at Cu Chi. After a tour in
Belgum, he retired as CW4 and moved to Lawton,
Ok.We were like brothers. Burial information: Niles Cemetery, Hinton, OK
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Survivors: Wife, Betty Mills Lawton, Ok; Daughter
Barbra LN unk. Dothan, Al.; Daughter Nancy LN
unk. Lawton, Ok.
From: James C. Meyers